Writing

In this lesson, Anna and Marsha take a road trip. Did you ever take a road trip or a journey with a friend? Where did you go and what did you do there? Did you see any sights along the way? If you have not taken a road trip, tell us about where you would like to go on a road trip. Write to us by email or in the Comments section.

Click on the image below to download the Activity Sheet and practice predicting what will happen on your road trip across the United States. Please note, our activity sheets now can be completed on the computer.

Lesson 45 Activity Sheet

Learning Strategy

Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective.

The learning strategy for this lesson is Predict. Whenwe predict, we are using what we know to say what will happen in the future. In using English, it is helpful if you can predict what is coming up in a story that you are reading or something that you are listening to. This helps your brain prepare to understand the next part of the story.

In this lesson, Anna shows Marsha her long list of places she wants to see. She predicts that they will be busy on their trip back to Washington, D.C.

Do you ever predict when you are reading or listening in English? Write to us about it in the Comments section or send us an email. Teachers, see the Lesson Plan for more details on teaching this strategy.

Quiz

Listen to short videos and test your listening skills with this quiz.

Quiz - Lesson 45: This Land is Your Land

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New Words

break - n. a brief period of time during which someone stops an activity

direction - n. the course or path on which something is moving or pointing

enter - v. to go or come into (something)

exit - v. to go out of a place or situation

highway - n. a main road that connects cities and towns

land - n. the solid part of the surface of the Earth

litter - v. to throw or leave trash on the ground in a public place

pack - v.to put (something) into a bag or suitcase so that you can take it with you

place - n. a specific area or region of the world

ready - adj. prepared to do something

road trip - n. a long trip in a car or truck, etc

(use image also) rocking chair - n.< chair that moves back and forth on rockers that are attached to its legs

PLACE NAMES

Let's Learn English Lesson 45 Place Names Graphic

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Free Materials

Each Let's Learn English lesson has an ActivitySheet for extra practice on your own or in the classroom. In this lesson, you can use it to practice using the future continuous tense to talk about plans.

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For Teachers

Let's Learn English Lesson 45: This Land is Your Land

See theLesson Plan for this lesson for ideas and more teaching resources. Send us an email if you have comments on this course or questions.

Grammar: Future continuous verb tense​

Topics: Talking about upcoming events​; Expressing desires to see sights or do activities on a trip

Learning Strategy: Predict

Speaking & Pronunciation: Reduced form of "will" in the future continuous verb tense

Poll

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